This Week in Virology #68: Ode to a plaque

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

Vincent, Alan, and Rich are enthralled by movies of vaccinia virus plaque formation, then consider how repulsion of superinfection virions leads to rapid virus spread, and a therapeutic prostate cancer vaccine.

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Links for this episode:

• Rapid virus spread by repulsion of superinfection virions
• Movie of vaccinia virus plaque formation (.mov)
• Movie of GFP-vaccinia virus plaque formation (.mov)
• More amazing vaccinia virus movies
• Prostate cancer vaccine (Reuters article, original research)

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Rich Foundations of Virology - PowerPoint by Frederick A. Murphy (bio/interview pdf)
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